Hoorah for Henry – and trophy glitter for Sean

HENRY Tomlinson won the Southport & Ainsdale Bowl with rounds of 72 and 70, two-under all told, on a day when only four competitors beat par.

It earned the Royal Lytham & St Annes player his first points of the season in the Cleveland Srixon Northern Order of Merit as he finished a shot clear of Wrexham’s Gareth Evans, the host club’s Sean Towndrow and Styal’s James McCormick.

Towndrow clinched the Lancashire Links Trophy for the best aggregate score over two days which included the Formby Hare.

Tomlinson, meanwhile, got off to a flying start when he birdied the first three holes but a treble bogey seven at the 15th spoiled an otherwise perfect set of figures.

He followed an eagle at the 530-yard ninth in the second round by parring the last nine holes.